I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.

Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.

I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.

Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.

As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But, what I learned is that it is actually another writing.

If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple.

A dolly move is a moral commitment.